It’s almost the first anniversary of JubakPicks.com.
Happy birthday to me.
Don’t know what to get me for a present? No worries. I’ve got a suggestion.
How about your email address? So that I can send you the news about a bushel of new stuff that I’ve got coming out in the next few weeks.
Stuff like a new subscription newsletter. (With a 50% discount to JubakPicks.com readers—if you send me your email so I can put you on the discount list.) That’s coming in July. Like a drawing for one of a number of dinners held around the country with me—I’ll pick up the check—so you and just two other readers can talk to me face to face. Like, maybe, the long-demanded Jim Jubak bobble-head.
All this is by way of celebrating the anniversary of JubakPicks.com. And thanking you for reading. I couldn’t have done it without you. From a standing start JubakPicks.com now makes up a community almost 70,000 strong.
Over the last few months I’ve been hard at work on a number of new projects. Some I can’t tell you about quite yet. I’ll be taking the wraps off those in July.
But some I can announce right now.
Like a new subscription newsletter and web site being published by my new company Jubak Asset Management (known around our world headquarters as JAM).
And in thanks for a year of loyalty I’d like to give the readers of JubakPicks.com a chance to subscribe for half price. Yep, for just $150 a year—a 50% discount from the retail price of $299—you can get my new JAM Letter (online, of course.)
Send me no money now. Just your email address so I can put you on the JubakPicks.com discount list.
JubakPicks.com isn’t going away. And it’s going to stay absolutely free. I’ll try to keep delivering posts and picks just as I have for more than 13 years since I started Jubak’s Journal on MSN Money. And I’ll keep running the three portfolios that I manage on that site.
But now I want to do more. I want to give you more reporting on the sometimes obscure corners of the new global market. I want to dig up trends that move not just U.S. stocks but the stocks of China and Brazil and the rest of the developing world. I want to include more insight into the fastest growing economies, the ones that I think will give you the biggest profits over the next decades. And I want to warn you about the dangers of this new investing world too.
To do that I’ve got to charge something. Research takes time and costs money. So my new JAM Letter will charge a subscription.
But look what you get for your bucks.
- First shot at my commentary on the day’s most important market events—before it goes up anywhere else
- My take on stock market conditions in the U.S. and global stock markets in the short-, medium-, and long-runs—updated whenever market conditions change.
- New daily breaking videos, shot from my never-messy desk at Jubak Asset Management, with up-to-the-minute commentary on what the news means
- More of my in-depth reports on hot (and cold) sectors, industries, and global markets
- A new daily summary of events and trends—so that you don’t miss a single one of the my posts during the day– sent via email after the markets close
- A new  weekly “Saturday Evening Quarterback” email to get you ready for the week ahead
All that for $299 a year—and to you just for $150 for the first year in thanks for being a JubakPicks.Com reader.
Don’t send any money now. The JAM Letter won’t start publication until July.
But we do need you to reserve a subscription for yourself now. To do that all you need to do is send us your email address. No money. No credit card. Nothing. By sending us your email you’re making sure that we know that you’re a JubakPicks.Com reader and entitled to that 50% discount.
And you’re letting us know how to tell you about other neat stuff we’ve got in the pipeline at Jubak Asset Management.
When the JAM Letter launches, we’ll send you an email telling you it’s time to subscribe and how to get your discount and where to send your cash.
So come on. I think you’ll find my new JAM Letter fun, educational, and profitable. Your email address to me can be the gift that keeps on giving: You’ll be the first on your block to know about everything we’re got cooking. Send us your email today and get on the list.
And thanks for reading for the last year. I do truly appreciate it.
-tomato98
As somebody who started investing when every trade had to have a paper receit sent in the mail-$150 or even $300 for Mr. Jubaks newsletter is an investment that I would strongly urge you to make.
Ask yourself, what % of 20K is $150? (or $300) and THEN ask yourself if it’s worth it to make this investment. How much did you spend on school to become better informed about your job? With 15 – 18K to invest you could pick 2 – 3 – 4 stocks. Take a look at Jims “50 best portfolio” If you picked just 3 of those, the percentages are that at least two of them have done very well, and the third OK, or maybe not good. You won’t be able to do as well on your own, and I would take THAT bet, before buying ANY stock. $150 may seem like a lot now, but looking back, knowing what I now know about my own ability, if Jim was around when I was in my 20’s I would have JUMPED at the chance to invest alongside of him.. Do yourself a favor, and think about it some more… You certainly don’t have to buy his recommendations…. And No, I don’t work for him, or his team…
Jim,
Can you tell us:
1.) What email address to look for (So the email for thi offer dosnt go unnoticed into my Junk email folder)
or
2.)
Once you have sent out these emails give us a note to look for them ?
-DJB
Jim,
I love reading your stuff. It really helps me put together the macro elements that are pushing world events. But as a young investor with less than $20,000 in capital, stockpicking isn’t really a strategy I’m able to apply or comfortable with for the next few years. Will your macro-economic commentary still be available to the average joe without a subscription?
Perhaps I’ll get a subscription, when I have enough $ to diversify into at least a dozen picks.
2001, I hear you and I certainly understand how hard it is to get started investing in your 20s when there’s not as lot of money in the till at the end of the month. I’ll certainly do my best to keep this blog as useful as I can–with the hope that if you do get to be an old fat cat you’ll subscibe to the paid version.
It’s about time! I will be your first subscriber! Thanks for all that you do and best of luck with JAM!
I agree with you. 300 dollars ($150 for promotional period) a year subscription is not a big deal for large investors, but for small investors that are on their 20’s, that s a big chunk of money :). I love reading Jim’s article, but not sure if that would be a good investment looking at the size of my investment.
I’m in. A buck and a half seems fair for all you do, Jim. I still get to keep saying global “investing” is basically a Ponzi scheme, I hope? I’m interested in investment opportunities that don’t rely on funny money capital injections. I hope there are some out there???
Some of us have felt that a ‘tip jar’ was in order for all of Jim’s work – especially now that he is independent. This will be our first opportunity to directly – and hopefully beneficially – support his efforts. I say beneficially because one hopes that the new venture will not ‘dilute’ the attention Jim has paid to the questions typical of the non-professional investor. Especially the ever-changing macro picture, which is a tough one to pull into focus. Best wishes and good luck with the new venture, Jim!
Frank in Mpls.
A year already? Happy Anniversary. I have been following you on MSN since the late 90’s. I’m looking forward to your news letter and join others in saying an ETF would be fantastic! Lets us help you make it too big to fail!
happy bday!
Also, what’s with $300/yr subscription fee?
$1 for everyday the market is open would roughly make $250/yr which is what TheStreet charges for RealMoney.
(Sorry guys. I know I sound like a jerk but I think my criticism will benefit Jim too. This newsletter business is VERY competitive.)
2001:
I agree with you. An ETF is a better idea.
Jubak50 would be the basis of the ETF (JBA).
Mutual funds are so 1990s.
I too, have a problem with time of delivery. I used to get updates during the day but now I receive your daily in the afternoon and read it the next morning. My real problem with that is I don’t get to banter with the boys and girls as I am always at the end of the grapevine. However your timely observations are definitely worth a fee. Count me in! (You will never pay for dinner with my gang). lol
I’ve had such bad luck with newsletters in the past. Not only have they not delivered on results in excess of the subscription price, they’ve lost me even more principal than when I started. I’d have been better off burning the money and throwing it down the toilet!!
I’ve loved Jubak’s picks over the years, but a subscription? It’s just never worked for me…
That’s great Jim. Keep up the good work. I have a suggestion for you. Why don’t you open up an ETF and we can all invest on it? That way we won’t make the broker rich and you can charge all of us by imposing some managing fees.
Yclept- I get it as soon as Jim posts. Here’s the link-
https://jubakpicks.com/
This is great! Finally a way to directly show Jim our appreciation of all of the hard work that he does!
Kind of off-topic, but does anyone get this early on the post date. I usually get it after the market has closed. A lot of the topics are, of course, not day-specific, but I’m wondering if other people are getting it earlier than I am. If taking or selling a position, Jim himself trades two days after any specific recommendation (I’m sure to keep any “pump and dump” suspicions at bay), so he is obviously willing to suffer any market consequences of his recommendations. Back in Markman’s supermodels days, many of us were convinced that the weekly/monthly buy-sell dates actually moved stocks showing on the latest run of the screens.
Will the paid-subscription market letter come out either the night before or early on the post day?
Happy first birthday, Jim.
Have not experienced great returns from other paid subscriptions. On the other hand, your free jubak Picks do make money for me. Will follow your JAM for a trial, and go from there.
Thank you for the great, and free, works through the years!
Jim:
Email sent!
Jim
Happy Birthday. I have followed your advice for years and I will be signing up for your newletter. Your plans sound exciting.
Mainboy –
I think the only thing Jim left off this post was that meaningless timer indicating just exactly how many precious seconds you have to order that must-have aluminum Mantis Garden Tiller 😉 …if you call right now, we’ll also throw in this drill made out of real plastic.
If we all didn’t like and respect the he!! out of Jim’s work, I think we would have been really insulted by this post.
Jim,
Congrats on 1 year MSN free. I still peruse the headlines there and followed you for the past 3 years. It was actually your commentrary that convinced me to cash-in 90% of my mutual fund (MF) $ and put it in stocks this past January. Some $ were put into Jubak Picks, some into other commentators recommendations, and a small, very small amount put into WAGs. I would sure like to pick your brain to become a more educated investor. I will try JAM for a year and see how it goes. I’ve been trying to avoid the paid commentators, you know, the whole reason I pulled mostly out of MFs. But, I do respect your knowledge and insights.
djpoints
I felt the same. Jim, that was nasty. Good thing you’re great at what you do. Happy b-day. Look for my email present.
Jim:
Has it been a year already? Wow, time flies when the market gyrates. After all the money you have helped me make, I think the least I can do is get in on the ground floor of the JAM Newsletter! One small way of saying THANKS!!
Jim, I am toying with a new goal for my life. How about I get a CFA and come work for you? 🙂 It will take me a few years, but heck, should be worth it. 🙂
Congrats Jim! I’ll be giving year 1 a try of the JAM newsletter….we’ll see where it goes from there 🙂
Hi Jim, Happy birthday 🙂
email sent, will definitely think about the newsletter,
Jubak Asset Management, that sounds very interesting
Happy B-Day Picks!
Jim,
Thanks for the many years of advise and keen insights you provided. You have helped me a great deal to be financially prepared for retirement. I’m looking forward to subscribing to your newsletter and investing in your managed fund(s).
* edit, i was speaking about the topsy turvy tom planter above being the #1…